Virginia HR 118: Celebrating the life of Emma Carrington Edmunds.

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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 118 

Celebrating the life of Emma Carrington Edmunds. 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 2, 2020 

WHEREAS, Emma Carrington Edmunds, a respected journalist and 
historian who preserved the history of the Civil Rights Movement in Southside 
Virginia, died on February 9, 2020; and

WHEREAS, a native of Richmond, Emma �Em� Carrington Edmunds 
graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman�s College and pursued a career in 
journalism, working for the Atlanta Constitution and Atlanta Magazine 
in Atlanta, Georgia; and

WHEREAS, Em Edmunds returned to the Commonwealth and 
established History Matters in Halifax to showcase the history of Southside 
Virginia, with a particular focus on the region�s role in the Civil Rights 
Movement; and

WHEREAS, over the course of 15 years, Em Edmunds researched 
and developed the exhibit �Mapping Local Knowledge from 1945�1975,� which has 
been on permanent display in the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History since 
2010 and has become the most visited exhibit in the museum�s history; and

WHEREAS, Em Edmunds worked at the University of Virginia and 
History United and was an active member of the Halifax community after her 
well-earned retirement; and

WHEREAS, Em Edmunds enjoyed fellowship and worship with the 
congregation of Saint John�s Episcopal Church, where she served as a member of 
the vestry; and

WHEREAS, Em Edmunds will be fondly remembered and greatly 
missed by her sisters, Lavinia and Anne, and numerous other family members and 
friends; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Delegates hereby note with great 
sadness the loss of Emma Carrington Edmunds; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates 
prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to the family of Emma 
Carrington Edmunds as an expression of the House of Delegates� respect for her 
memory.